Pharmacy education report
September 9, 2013
THE International Pharmaceutical
Federation (FIP) has launched
the 2013 FIPEd Global Education
Report, the first publication of its
kind to provide a baseline on the
current status and transformation
of pharmacy and pharmaceutical
science education worldwide.
Australian pharmacists had
significant input to the report,
with participants including Jennifer
Marriott and Kirstie Galbraith
from Monash University as well as
Andrew Brown from the University
of Canberra.
The report was released during
the 73rd International FIP World
Congress in Dublin, Ireland last
week, with FIP saying “in recent
times the roles and responsibility
of pharmacists have been evolving
from a single focus on the actual
medicine to patient-oriented
pharmaceutical services provision.”
FIP said that advancement of the
profession is strongly dependent
on robust and contemporary
education programs for both initial
and lifetime education.
The report lays out the current
pharmacy education and workforce
situation across 109 countries
and territories around the world,
covering about 175,000 students at
2500 educational institutions.
According to the report, the data
indicates that education varies
considerably between countries,
and generally correlates with
population size and country level
economic development indicators.
“There needs to be an ongoing
effort to ensure that initial
education and training meets the
pharmaceutical health needs of
nations,” according to FIP.
There are 14 case studies in the
report, giving an overview of the
transformation that is occurring
in pharmacy and pharmaceutical
science education globally.
“Notably there is a shift to
patient centred, team based
practice and to clinically focused,
integrated curricula with increasing
opportunities for patient and
practice centred learning,”
according to Dr Henri Manasse
Jr, chair of the FIPEd Steering
Committee.
The report also warns that there
is still a shortage of pharmacist
academics and clinical preceptors
worldwide.
CLICK HERE to view the report.
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